Rangas language
| Rangas | |
|---|---|
| Region | Uttarakhand |
| Extinct | early 20th century |
|
Sino-Tibetan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
rgk |
| Glottolog |
rang1266[1] |
Rangas (Rangkas) is an extinct West Himalayish language spoken by the Rangas people of Uttarakhand, India. The Rangas joined the Kumauni people and shifted to their language. There is currently an ethnic population of about 1,000 people.
Rangkas was spoken in Darchula and Munsyari tahsils (facing the Nepal border along the Mahakali valley), Johar valley, Pithoragarh District, Uttarakhand, India.[2]
References
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Rangkas". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Ethnologue entry for Rangas
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